Problems of Alienation and Stigmatization in Psychiatry
Abstract
The article considers the problem of increasing the number of depressed patients worldwide. The main reason for this phenomenon is the phenomenon of “alienation”. The author lists three main types of alienation. The main problem in Russian psychiatry is the stigma - hanging shameful labels on people seeking help from a psychiatrist or psychotherapist. Social measures to combat depression and anhedonia are considered.
About the Author
M. P. Dutkin
Medical Institute of the North-Eastern Federal University named
after M. K. Ammosov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dutkin Maxim Petrovich – candidate of philosophical Sciences, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry
677000, Yakutsk, Belinsky Street, 58
Tel.: 8-924-1742330
References
1. Kolbasova T. Poedinok s angedoniej [The fight with anhedonia] Medicinckij vestnik [Medical Bulletin]. 2013, No. 1-2 (614-615), P. 18.
Review
For citations:
Dutkin M.P. Problems of Alienation and Stigmatization in Psychiatry. Yakut Medical Journal. 2014;(4):73-74.
Views:
5
Email this article 